WHAT BRANCH OF THE BUSINESS? 
are paid, will not average a half a cent a dozen; in the second 
place, the small lot would be relatively troublesome and ex- 
pensive to handle, and in the third place, small lots of cold 
storage eggs are looked upon with suspicion and do not find 
ready sale. So we see that cold storage eggs are not a suita- 
ble product for the small poultryman to handle. 
A second illustration of an ill-chosen combination might be 
taken in the case of a duck farmer who attempts to produce 
broilers. The principal difficulty of the duck business is that 
of getting sufficient intelligent labor in the rush season. The 
chief expense of investment is for incubators and brooder 
houses. If the duck farmer now tries to add broilers, he will 
find that the labor comes at the same time of the year, that 
the chief equipment required is that which is already crowded 
by the duck business, and that of the men who have succeeded 
moderately well in caring for ducks will fail altogether with 
the young chicks, which do not thrive under the same ma- 
chine-like methods. 
On the other hand, let us take the example of an egg farm 
man who has resolved to combine his attention wholly to the 
production of market eggs. He succeeds well in his work and 
is visited by the poultry editors. His picture, the picture of 
his chickens and of his chicken houses, are printed in the 
poultry papers. For a reasonable sum invested in advertising 
and in exhibition at the shows, this man could now double 
his income by going into the breeding stock business. To re- 
fuse to spread out in this case would certainly be foolish. 
The following classification of the sales products of the poul- 
try industry is given as a basis for farther consideration. 
CHICKENS. 
For food purposes: 
Eggs. 
Hens, after laying has been finished. 
Cockerels, necessarily hatched in hatching pullets for lay- 
ers. (Sold as squab broilers, regular broilers, springs, 
roasters or capons.) 
Both sexes as squab broilers, broilers or roasters. 
For stock purposes: 
Eggs for hatching. 
Day-old chicks. 
Mature fowls. 
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